Quiz

1 What is a Jack O' Lantern made from? A Pumpkin 2 What is a male witch called? Warlock 3 Which saints day follows Halloween? All Saints 4 Until 100 years ago what name was given to Halloween in many parts of Britain? Mischief Night 5 What custom do children carry out on Halloween which originated in the USA? Trick or Treat 6 Which ancient religious sect is attributed with the origin of pumpkins carved into heads? Druids 7 What was the name of the Good Witch in the 'Wizard of Oz'? Glenda Person you are to 8 In an old superstition what do you see if you look in a mirror at midnight on Halloween? marry 9 Three Luggies is a game played on Halloween in Scotland, what is a luggy? A small Bowl 10 Where would you find the 'Chamber of Horrors'? Madame Tussauds 11 Who played 'Dracula' in the first Hollywood version? Bela Lugosi 12 What is the name of the practice of expelling evil spirits from a person or place? Exorcism 13 What is a model of a person made to ridicule or, for example, to stick pins in? An Effigy In order to get a witch to do her work the devil gives her a small animal, what, usually, is this Black Cat 14 animal? 15 Which poem by Robert Burns is about witches dancing in a church? Tam O'Shanter 16 What is the name of a midnight meeting of witches? A Sabbat 17 Which plant with a forked root was thought to have magical powers? Mandrake 18 What is the name of the witch in the childrens programme 'Emu's Pink Windmill'? Grotbags 19 What English County is known as 'The Witch County'? Essex The Post Office Tower in London was severely damaged by an explosion on Halloween in 1971 20 which year: 1970, 1971, or 1972? 21 Where in Massachusetts USA were the infamous witch trials held in 1692? Salem 22 , sprite and pixies are all types of what? Fairies 23 What is the percentage of water in Human blood? 90% 24 What did the zombies feed on in the film 'Return of the Living Dead'? Brains Stake through the 25 What is the traditional way to kill a vampire? heart 26 If you were born on Halloween what star sign would you be? Scorpio 27 Who was the female star in the film 'Halloween'? Jamie Lee Curtis What is the name for a meeting of people trying to make contact with the past through a Séance 28 medium? 29 In addition to Rhesus negative and Rhesus positive how many other blood groups are there? Four Who is the female beheaded that is reputed to walk the corridors of the Palace of Marie Antoinette 30 Versailles? 31 The biblical injunction 'Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live' is from which book in the bible? Exodus 32 What is the name of Dr Frankenstein's assistant? Igor 33 What is the sub-title of the film 'Halloween 3'? Season of the witch 34 How many bones are there in the human skeleton? 206 35 On which day of the year did Halloween fall in the year 2000? Tuesday Until it burnt down in 1939, what was the name of rectory reputed to be 's most Borley Rectory 36 haunted house? 37 How many pints of blood could a vampire extract from the average woman? Seven Who was the famous author of the novel 'Cycle of the Warewolf' which was made into the film Stephen King 38 'Silver Bullet'? Who made a 'War of the Worlds' radio broadcast on Halloween in 1938 that caused Orson Wells 39 nationwide panic in the United States? 40 In the animal world what sort of creature is a witch? Fish